Of sturgeons and salvation
James Butler travels to the Netherlands for a conference on mission and salvation and returns inspired to search for a shared story of what it means to be “saved”
James Butler
Setting lay pioneers free?
Have the organisational and grassroots approaches to fresh expressions of church diverged – and what is the impact on the lay pioneers on whom the movement relies?
Where was God absent this week?
At the start of the lent group a question pops up on the screen, ‘Where did you notice God this week?’ I have a slight feeling of guilt and panic that I can’t think of anything.
Lambs among wolves: re-reading Luke 10
Feeling awkward about judgment? James Butler re-reads a classic mission passage and re-imagines the scene from the bottom up.
Dying to Discipleship
Our assumptions about what being a disciple of Jesus means can easily lead to disillusionment, says James Butler.